champoy 

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champoy’s practice interprets various themes of spirituality and nature into sculpture, installation, video, drawing and performance, with a special intensity around conceptually ‘airy’ concerns like ancestral knowledge and communication across space and time. In this performance, champoy uses their body and their queer Filipinx experience as a lens or a conduit, interpreting the elemental prompt of “air” through art, movement, and ritual.

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About champoy

champoy (pronouns: they/them/he/him/siya) is a queer interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, and educator weaving historical and personal narratives through film, installation, and performance. Born and raised in the highlands of Bukidnon, a landlocked province in the island of Mindanao, Philippines, they hold an undergraduate degree in Fine Arts – Major In Advertising Arts from the University Of San Carlos on the island of Cebu, and an MFA in Art Practice from UC Berkeley.

They have been the recipient of the Roselyn Schneider Eisner Prize For Excellence In Creative Practice, the Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Award, a Nancy Sayavong Materials Grant, and the East Bay Fund for Individuals in the Arts, and have been a graduate fellow at The Headlands Center For The Arts. A parent and co-creator at The School for the Ecocene, champoy serves as a youth art educator —uplifting pedagogy connecting art, storytelling, and ancestral skills.

 

champoy 的創作將有關靈性和大自然的各種主題，透過雕塑、裝置、錄像、圖畫和表演展現出來，特別注重概念上的「空靈」（airy），例如是對祖先的認知和跨越空間和時間的交流。在這場表演中，champoy 用他們的身體和作為菲律賓裔性小數的經歷作為引子，透過藝術、動作和儀式來詮釋五大元素之一的「風」。

champoy (代名詞：他們、他）是一個跨學科的性小數藝術家、電影製作人和教育家，將歷史與個人表述透過電影、裝置和表演交織出來。他在菲律賓棉蘭老島內陸省布基農的高地出生長大，擁有宿霧島San Carlos大學美術學士學位——主修廣告藝術，以及在柏克萊加大取得藝術碩士學位。

他們曾獲 Roselyn Schneider Eisner 卓越創意實踐獎、the Murphy和Cadogan當代藝術獎、Nancy Sayavong 物料補助金和東灣藝術個人基金，他們亦曾是Headlands藝術中心的研究生。作為Ecoene學校的家長和共同創辦人，champoy擔任青少年藝術導師——提升教學技巧，將藝術、講故事和祖先技能聯繫起來。